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Bulletproof? Is it waterproof? Ts&Cs say: 'Failure to put Cybertruck in Car Wash Mode may result in damage'

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[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 94 points 7 months ago (10 children)

Telsa’s designers have weird history with water. I get the sense that they just don’t do a lot of proper testing in wet environments.

For example, it’s not uncommon for a lot of Teslas to actually grow mold in their air filtration system because they don’t properly drain water.

For example: https://youtu.be/vQxP6PaSmLc

[–] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 47 points 7 months ago (7 children)

Maybe that happens if you design a car like an iPod with a bunch of engineers living in California and Texas.

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 36 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

TX and CA do get plenty of rain. In fact, TX gets hit with hurricanes all the time.

It's worse: they are not doing sufficient testing. This is why the larger manufacturers are passing Tesla by - they already have the standards and procedures in place.

[–] skozzii@lemmy.ca 4 points 7 months ago

Not to mention the other companies don't have a volatile man child solely responsible for decision making.

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